Fortress 8, Hoboken (Hoboken) | park, recreation area / ground, place with historical importance, fortification

Belgium / Antwerpen / Hemiksem / Hoboken / schransstraat
 park, recreation area / ground, place with historical importance, fortification
Fortress 8, Hoboken is one of the 17 fortifications belonging to the small defending girdle around Antwerp. Build in 1859, to be part of the Brialmont girdle to defend the city.
The fortress is being deserted for decades by the army, in 1977 the municipal Hoboken purchased the fortress and converted it in to a recreation zone.
Several socio cultural associations and sport club’s found a new accommodation in the fortification.
In 2001 the administration of the fortress was taken over by the “vzw Fort 8”
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réduit_national
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Coordinates:   51°9'54"N   4°20'54"E
This article was last modified 6 years ago